Subj : MESO: Nws Weather Prediction Center College Park Md To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Thu Oct 10 2024 04:34:44 AWUS01 KWNH 100434 FFGMPD FLZ000-101045- Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 1101 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1231 AM EDT Thu Oct 10 2024 Areas affected...portions of North-Central FL Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding likely Valid 100445Z - 101045Z Summary...Locally catastrophic flash flooding likely to continue as Hurricane Milton moves across the Florida Peninsula with 2-3"/hr rainfall rates and 3-8" additional totals. Discussion...Hurricane Milton is progressing across the central FL Peninsula at this hour, undergoing extratropical transition in the process with heavy rainfall confined to the northern half of the circulation. Convection associated with Milton remains intense, largely due to this extratropical transition process (and the associated strong upper-level divergence from the right entrance region of a 140+ kt jet streak off the Northeast coast). GOES-East infrared imagery indicates cloud top temperatures of -85deg C or colder, along with multiple lightning strikes via the GLM instrument. This corresponds to estimated cloud top heights of 40-50k feet (via KTBW/MRMS echo top data), and this continues to support significant tropical rainfall rates of 2-3"/hr (with precipitable water values at record breaking levels of 2.4-2.7 inches). Hi-res models are in good agreement in keeping the remnant of the northern eyewall of Milton convectively active until its emergence over the Atlantic in the next 4-6 hours. This will bring the 50 mile wide swath of 2-3"/hr rainfall rates from the Lakeland/Orlando metro areas northeastward into more rural portions of the peninsula between Orlando and Jacksonville, as well as into coastal cities such as Daytona Beach, Palm Coast, and St. Augustine. This will result in an additional 1-3" of rainfall in the vicinity of Lakeland/Orlando (where 6-12" of rainfall has already fallen over the past 12 hours), and an additional 3-8" over adjacent portions of the northeastern peninsula and coastal cities (where 2-4" has already fallen over the past 12 hours). Flash flooding (some locally catastrophic) will continue in the hard-hit areas of Lakeland/Orlando, while flash flooding is likely to continue and expand to those areas towards the northeast (which may also experience locally significant to catastrophic flash flooding). Churchill ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov__;!!= DZ3fjg!62KuibCvgzzgD5po1BTLbB2g4j0IWIy2wowkA6k0YwjMv_2VqqCqDR6bYKIVNnn4tUjs= D56zLGZoxgxjmcl9lQ6EQ54$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...JAX...MLB...TBW... ATTN...RFC...SERFC...NWC... LAT...LON 30088126 29498102 28748065 28448090 28128151=20 27938209 28378240 29238219 29618188 29978159=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 =3D =3D =3D To unsubscribe from WX-STORM and you already have a login, go to https://lists.illinois.edu and use the "Unsubscribe" link. Otherwise email Chris Novy at cnovy@cox.net and ask to be removed from WX-STORM. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .